Wheat bread vs Gluten free pasta
In short
One serving each: 79 calories in wheat bread (1 slice, 29 g), 251 calories in gluten free pasta (1 cup, cooked, 140 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in wheat bread: selenium (2.7×), niacin (4.8×), folate (5.1×), sodium and 2 more. More in gluten free pasta: carbohydrates (3.9×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 slice (29 g) · 3.1 g protein · 13.8 g carbs (1.7 g sugars) · 1.3 g fat
1 cup, cooked (140 g) · 4.5 g protein · 53.3 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 1.4 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in one serving of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Carbohydrates5% vs 19%
13.8 g vs 53.3 g
- Selenium15% vs 6%
8.4 µg vs 3.1 µg
- Niacin (B3)10% vs 2%
1.6 mg vs 0.34 mg
- Folate7% vs 1%
28.7 µg vs 5.6 µg
- Sodiumlimit6% vs <1%
137 mg vs 5.6 mg
- Thiamin (B1)10% vs 6%
0.12 mg vs 0.07 mg
- Iron6% vs 2%
1 mg vs 0.31 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Protein3.1 g · 4.5 g6%·9%
- Total fat1.3 g · 1.4 g2%·2%
- Saturated fatlimit0.2 g · 0.21 g1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Fiber1.2 g · 2 g4%·7%
- Potassium40.9 mg · 33.6 mg1%·1%
- Calcium36.3 mg · 2.8 mg3%·<1%
- Magnesium11.9 mg · 15.4 mg3%·4%
- Phosphorus37.4 mg · 46.2 mg3%·4%
- Zinc0.3 mg · 0.38 mg3%·3%
- Copper0.043 mg · 0.028 mg5%·3%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 5.6 µg0%·1%
- Vitamin C0.058 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.055 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Vitamin K1.4 µg · 0 µg1%·0%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.073 mg · 0.11 mg6%·9%
- Vitamin B60.032 mg · 0.052 mg2%·3%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline5.4 mg · 2.4 mg1%·<1%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, pantothenic acid (B5).
From USDA FoodData Central: Wheat bread (SR Legacy 172686), Gluten free pasta (Survey (FNDDS) 2708359). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.